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Fact Check Filipino

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ng tagapagsalita ng foreign ministry ng China na bahagi ng China ang Ayungin Shoal HINDI TOTOO

By VERA Files | Feb 15, 2023 11:35 AM

Ang Ayungin Shoal, kilala internationally bilang Second Thomas Shoal at ng China bilang Ren’ai Reef, ay bahagi ng 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ) at continental shelf ng Pilipinas, ayon sa desisyon noong Hulyo 12, 2016 ng isang ad-hoc tribunal sa ilalim ng Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA).

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: China’s foreign ministry spokesman falsely claims Ayungin Shoal is part of China

By VERA Files | Feb 15, 2023 11:35 AM

Ayungin Shoal, internationally known as Second Thomas Shoal and called Ren’ai Reef by China, is part of the 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and continental shelf of the Philippines, according to the July 12, 2016 decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO China warning it will shoot down US aircraft entering South China Sea

By VERA Files | Feb 10, 2023 4:53 PM

A Filipino Facebook (FB) page is claiming that China will attack any U.S. aircraft that will dare to fly over the South China Sea. This is not true. Beijing has issued no such warning. Days after the United States (U.S.) shot down a Chinese balloon that entered its territory, the FB page published on Feb. […]

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News

SC declares unconstitutional a joint exploration deal by PH, China and Vietnam in the South China Sea

By Ellen Tordesillas | Jan 10, 2023 11:47 PM

The Supreme Court declared as unconstitutional today a 2005 agreement on joint exploration by the Philippines, China, and Vietnam of an area in the disputed South China Sea.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Biggest flip-flops of Marcos and his Cabinet in 2022

By Rhoanne De Guzman | Dec 21, 2022 8:00 AM

After Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. assumed the presidency on June 30, inconsistencies in the statements of top government officials have prevailed and confused the public.

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Commentary

Taxpayers to shoulder P800M price for cowardice of leaders

By Theresa Martelino-Reyes | Nov 10, 2022 3:31 PM

When former president Rodrigo Duterte buckled under China’s bullying and reimposed a 2014 moratorium on drilling in the Reed Bank, off the coast of Palawan, in April, he and his advisers most likely did not realize that it would cost the government at least $13.78 million (about P800 million with today’s exchange rate) in unnecessary spending.

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Carpio urges Marcos to protect Philippine oil exploration vessels in Recto Bank

By Ivel John M. Santos | Nov 10, 2022 9:43 AM

Retired Justice Antonio Carpio has urged President Ferdinand Marcos to provide security for the drilling operations of Forum Energy Ltd. when the company resumes its stalled oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea.

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Podcast

Mga kalituhan tungkol sa arbitral award ng Pilipinas sa South China Sea

By VERA Files | Jul 19, 2022 7:00 AM

Sa ika-pitong episode ng What the F?! podcast ng VERA Files, alamin ang mga tamang impormasyon tungkol sa mga kalituhan at disinformation tungkol sa arbitral award na nakamit ng Pilipinas noong 2016.

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Anim na maling kuro-kuro tungkol sa arbitral award ng Pilipinas sa West Philippine Sea

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Six misconceptions about the Philippines’ arbitral award on the South China Sea

By VERA Files | Jul 13, 2022 11:39 AM

Six years after the Philippines’ arbitral tribunal victory against China regarding the South China Sea, mis- and disinformation about it continue to spread.

2016 Arbitral Award, South China Sea, west philippine sea

Fact Check Filipino

VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Anim na maling kuro-kuro tungkol sa arbitral award ng Pilipinas sa South China Sea

By VERA Files | Jul 13, 2022 11:39 AM

Anim na taon matapos ang tagumpay ng Pilipinas sa arbitral tribunal laban sa China tungkol sa South China Sea, marami pa ring mis- at disinformation ang kumakalat tungkol dito.

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